Monday, August 22, 2011

Who Needs To Pay For 2 Whole Eyes?

In an industry that is always looking for cost cutting ways to produce entertaining but efficient product I am happy to show off my latest money saving trick.
One eye is half the price of 2, right? Think of the savings!

Of course, sometimes you need a realistic believable expression and only 2 eyes will do so you can't be stingy on every single frame.

I rarely visit this site anymore because it's so sluggish. Does anyone else have problems with this site loading very slowly? It's got a these bells and whistles spinning around. It's about 10 feet long if I scroll down.

John, why are you still using these inefficient, antiquated curvy lines? They cost a thousand times more and barely have any effect on the detail of the image. Imagine the sheer quantity of flat lines you could output for the cost of one curve - they could cover everything. Absolutely everything. It would be very realistic.

John Your characters are so creativly draw and funny as always! I wish adult swim would pay you decently to make an original series! the cartoons they have for the most part are awful. I hope your gonna put up some more of your 3D art work as well!

Hey John, (or some other artist)I got a question for ya. Is it better to draw using the left hand since the right side of your brain controls the creative side? Or does it depend on how the each side of the brain triggers either hand?

I think you're falling captive to the biggest trick in technology. Letting software do too much of the work for you. (Feet, weird things on it's back that don't sync up with the rest of the animation.)

Technology is an enabler sure, and you can sure learn to animate quick with it.. but it's a double edged sword. It can take a cartoonist and great animator and make their work look cheap and sloppy. Those flash like squash and stretch tricks are still present here as I've noticed in your older digital work from the web days.

Johnk, have you tried TVPaint, as a pure bitmap based animation software? It has all the stuff you need in it. Proper X-sheet as well, and the best light table of any existing software. I'm one of the beta testers for it. I think it could compliment your Harmony vector-y type work nicely.